Today is September 11 – in case you’d forgotten, in which event you must not be a Patriot (today is also Patriot Day) – the 8th anniversary of a certain event that changed the course of modern history. Of course, no horrifying act of death and destruction is beyond the purview of advertisers constantly looking for a way to make an impact and get into our over-saturated and de-sensitized minds. Accordingly, some of our 15 Ads Featuring the Twin Towers may look eerily familiar.

Cobis Computer Security Protects the Twin Towers

The Cookie Monster East the Twin Towers

World Wildlife Fund’s Recent Controversial Ad

Defi Pour La Terre Environmental Awareness Campaign

Titanic + 9/11 x 200 = Deaths from Contaminated Water Every Year

Smoking Kills

Pakistan International Airline Flies Into New York

MTV’s Controversial Campaigns Against Poverty…

Hunger…

and HIV

Moscow News‘ Paper 9/11

Italian General Electric Fridges Come with Twin Towers Decorations

The Gazeta Mercantil Will Explain Everything

Could Asbestos Have Prevented 9/11?

Is Silicon Valley Safer than Lower Manhattan?